THE TRIBE OF GAD WAS THIRSTY FOR CONQUESTS, AS HEBREW TRADITION DESCRIBES THEIR DESIRE FOR THE LAND OF ISRAEL BEFORE THEY EVEN ARRIVED, AS FOLLOWS: “FROM THE HOUSE OF] GAD WILL BE AN ASSAILING [ARMED] TROOP[S WILL PASS OVER THE JORDAN BEFORE THEIR BROTHERS TO WAR]; HE WILL BE A TROOP AT THEIR HEELS [AND THEY WILL RETURN TO THEIR LAND WITH MUCH PROPERTY]” (ONKELOS ON GENESIS 49:19). THE AGATE IS A SOURCE OF COMFORT AND STRENGTH IN CRITICAL MOMENTS, AND GAD EMBODIED THAT SPIRIT.